1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#584 - BETRAYAL
Total Clues: 20 Total Voters: 23
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Deception by a cartel craftily shifting cocaine (8) | 32 | 12 | (BY A CARTEL)* - C; craftily= anag ind, shifting cocaine= delete C, def= deception | --- |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Gamble with Mr. Romano and Mr. Pacino? It's treacherous (8) | 26 | 11 | BET (gamble) with actors RAY Romano and AL Pacino; Def: It's treacherous | --- |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Stunned by a later breach of trust (8) | 24 | 10 | Anagram (stunned) of BY A LATER; Def.: Breach of trust |
- Very nicely put together, with a smooth surface (@qpheevr) |
| 4 | Textrous | Double-dealing learnt by a criminal with no name (8) | 21 | 10 | Def: Double-dealing, Anagrind: criminal, Deletion indicator: with no name = LEARNTBYA* - N | --- |
| 5 | Manish Jhaveri | Live attempt to arrest one criminal for treason [8] | 20 | 8 | BE = live; TRY takes A = attempt to arrest one; AL = criminal; TREASON = def |
- "criminal" feels a bit weak for AL these days though I know it is semi-enshrined in crossword history (verlainex) |
| 6 | PunMadMan | Double-dealing of wayward Yale brat (8) | 18 | 11 | (YALEBRAT)*; Double-dealing - Defn; waywayd - anagram indicator | --- |
| 7 | Ramki Krishnan | Last attempt to arrest a gangster for treason (8) | 17 | 7 | BE (last) + TRY (attempt) around A + AL (gangster), def = treason |
- Maybe 'live attempt'... is better? (Nathan Townshend) |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Plastic, lead free tray table is a sell-out (8) | 16 | 7 | Plastic- anag ind, Lead free- deletion indicator, TRAYTABLE* - T | --- |
| 9 | Shobha Nayak | Deception when a royal bet failed after losing love | 10 | 5 | Anagram of A ROYAL BET - O | --- |
| 10 | @qpheevr | Alberta in an uproar about outcome of breakaway movement against their own country (8) | 9 | 4 | ALBERTA* (anagrind “in an uproar”) containing (“about”) Y (“outcome of breakawaY”); def. “movement against their own country” |
- Nicely topical! (@LowdownCryptic) - Would have preferred a ? at the end - movement against their own country is not a STRAIGHT def for betrayal... (verlainex) |
| 11 | --- | I bet Rayalaseema has seen many a backstabbing. | 7 | 4 | Betrayal Hidden in plain sight |
- The “I” at the beginning has no role in the cryptic reading (@qpheevr) - HIPS clue should be hidden inside words at both ends. (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 12 | --- | Let down tray table, adjusted edge of seat for taking-off (8) | 7 | 3 | Anagram(adjusted) of Traytable* - T (edge of seaT), def - let down |
- Betrayal as a noun would be let-down / letdown (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 13 | --- | Love hollowed out by a rat's devious cheating | 7 | 3 | Love hollowed out = LE; BY A RAT = more fodder; 's devious = is devious, anagram indicator; cheating = def | --- |
| 14 | --- | Et tu? For starters, a line by Caesar in the last stages maybe signifying treachery (8) | 4 | 3 | Treachery (Definition) - ((Et)(Tu)(A)(L)(BY)(caesAR))*, Line - L, Last stages - last 2 letters |
- Love the idea lots. A bit of a stretch maybe but that's what this contest is for IMO (verlainex) - Nice surface Not sure if last stages indicates exactly last 2 characters. (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 15 | --- | Telling boy: ‘Put painting thieved at the centre back’ (8) | 3 | 1 | Telling: definition. B (LAY ART E<-). Back: for reversal | --- |
| 16 | --- | Fish stored in broken table is fraud(8) | 3 | 1 | (RAY) in (TABLE*). Fish - Ray. Table - Anagram fodder. Broken - Anagrind. Definition - Fraud. | --- |
| 17 | --- | Returning lay Art to Belgium would be a breach of trust (8) | 2 | 1 | Charade with reversal; BE (Belgium) + LAY ART <<; def : breach of trust | --- |
| 18 | --- | Before losing last riyal, wager everything to capture some hope, perhaps after a breach of trust (8) | 2 | 1 | Def. a breach of trust. BET (wager) + RAY (some hope, perhaps) + ALL (everything) - L (last riyal) |
- I don’t see how either “before” or “after” fits into the cryptic reading (@qpheevr) |
| 19 | --- | Treachery of Diana, say, lost love for a gamble to start (8) | 1 | 1 | Definition TREACHERY. Diana say = ROYAL replace O love with A gets RAYAL. BET gamble to start takes it at the beginning |
- Would prefer "Diana, say, losing love for a" (verlainex) |
| 20 | --- | Engineering grad to leave job after lying about fraud (8) | 1 | 1 | Engineering grad = B.E.; leave = LAY; job = ART (i.e. profession); after lying about = reversal indicator for LAY+ART; fraud = definition. |
- Had to ponder how leave could equal LAY, takes a bit of mental squinting, likewise ART for job, quite a lot of stretching for me but I still thought this was a clever enough clue to earn points (verlainex) - “job = ART” is a bit too much of a stretch for me. (Yes, they can both describe a profession, but “job” refers to what one is paid and/or assigned to do, while “art” refers to the skill involved) (@qpheevr) |